The official releases of the 6.0 SecureCRT® and SecureFX®
client applications are now ready for our inspection. After reviewing
the release highlights, we will run through the plethora of new installation
choices now available with the 6.0 releases. Finally, we are offering
a new 3-year licensing option for your consideration. Let the downloads
begin!

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1. SecureCRT 6.0 & SecureFX 6.0 Official -- Together At Last
2. Tip: Take Your Client Anywhere With U3 Installers
3. New MSI-Based Installer Increases Deployment Options
4. A Common Installer: The Time Has Come
5. Planning Ahead? Three-Year Licenses Available Now
6. New and Current Releases

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1. SecureCRT 6.0 & SecureFX 6.0 Official -- Together At Last
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At VanDyke Software our customers look to us for help in saving time,
cutting out steps, and eliminating busywork. The 6.0 versions, now in
official release, deliver new time-saving features, with a button bar
for repeated commands and draggable tabs in SecureCRT 6.0, and an editable
address bar and true mirroring with delete in SecureFX 6.0. But that's
not all. Along the way to saving time, we smoothed the path to productivity
with an updated user interface, increased integration of SecureCRT and
SecureFX, and more flexible, manageable installers. We'll cover these
features first, then get back to the latest ways to shave minutes and
hours off your work day.

Both applications use Windows display themes for the toolbar and menu
bar, which let you choose from five Windows and Office looks to match
your work environment. A new toolbar and menu system brings with it a
drag-and-drop customization dialog to SecureFX and SecureCRT. Finally,
SecureCRT 6.0 provides control over alpha transparency, where you specify
the transparency level of the active and inactive windows. This allows
you to see behind a SecureCRT window or compare two windows.

Back to those new time-saving features. Additions to tabbed sessions
and a new button bar lead the way for SecureCRT 6.0, while for SecureFX,
the leader is true mirroring. SecureCRT tab functionality is dramatically
extended by the ability to move tabs in and out of windows, send an active
tab to a new SecureCRT window, clone a tabbed session in a new window,
or drag and drop between SecureCRT windows. This makes it easy to send
a tabbed session to a new window, view the output of two sessions, then
drag the session back in. The new button bar below the session window
allows any internal menu and session commands, as well as scripts and
external programs, to be mapped to a button. A great use is for long,
complex configuration commands that are easy to mistype or forget. Multiple
button bars are also supported.

SecureFX 6.0 gains true mirroring with file deletion for more automated
file maintenance. For fast, direct navigation, an editable SecureFX address
bar lets you type in paths directly, copy and paste paths, and use the
history to recall previously used addresses.

New installer highlights are a custom installer to set up SecureCRT and
SecureFX on U3 smart drives, a combined installer option for SecureCRT
and SecureFX, and an MSI-based installer
to give administrators greater ability to automate and control software
deployment. The expanded installer options are covered in greater detail
below.

To learn more about the SecureCRT 6.0 and SecureFX 6.0 official releases,
visit the product pages.

Taking your applications with you on a U3 smart drive is a popular option
with highly mobile SecureCRT and SecureFX 6.0 users. The U3 system solves
most of the previous limitations of running applications on USB drives.
So if you tried to run the software from a USB drive before and were frustrated,
you might want to give this another chance. For those of you who manage
many network devices or provide end-user support and troubleshooting,
maximize your productivity by taking SecureCRT with you wherever you go,
complete with all your sessions, login scripts, and other key settings.
The U3 installation ensures that SecureCRT can always find the configuration
information, no matter what the USB drive mapping is.

This tip acquaints you with the way a U3 installation works and points
out ways you can tweak your system for maximum portability. Read the complete
tip here.

To download the U3 installer for SecureCRT and SecureFX 6.0, visit the
VanDyke Software download
page.

In addition to many new capabilities in SecureCRT 6.0 and SecureFX 6.0
that increase user productivity, these versions also help network managers
save time and enforce security policy with a new MSI-based installer.
MSI, also known as "Windows Installer", is a powerful architecture
with many facets such as self-repair and rollback. The major advantage
for VanDyke Software clients is the ability to deploy them using group
policy through a distribution server such as SMS.

MSI allows the administrator to predefine all the options in the installation
wizard, such as where to locate files or whether to add a shortcut to
the Start menu. One way to do this is with an answer file. For SecureCRT
6.0 and SecureFX 6.0, the answer file contains the following options,
which override the corresponding default settings:

If you want to learn more about automating installation of SecureCRT
and SecureFX, send e-mail to VanDyke Software Customer Support at
.

To download the latest versions of SecureCRT 6.0 and SecureFX 6.0, including
the new installers with MSI support, visit the VanDyke
Software website.

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4. A Common Installer: The Time Has Come
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At VanDyke Software we try to say "yes" to customers whenever
possible. So it makes us very happy that our latest release lets us say
yes to the question, "If I buy a license bundle for SecureCRT and
SecureFX, can I run one installer for both applications?"

With the new level of integration between SecureCRT and SecureFX, it's
high time to have one installer that takes care of both applications at
once. The combined installer makes for a quicker install with no chance
for incompatible configuration. It has a clear benefit for any bundle
user, whether an individual or a large organization.

If you would like to streamline software licensing for your organization,
or just keep your credit card statement simple, we have a new option for
you to consider. A three-year license for SecureCRT and/or SecureFX is
an alternative to the one-year license and subsequent upgrade or maintenance
fees. You save money on the licenses themselves as well as on time spent
on license administration.

To learn more about how the three-year license option can work for you,
please visit the VanDyke
software website, or send e-mail to
.

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6. New And Current Releases
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SecureCRT 6.0 and SecureFX 6.0 official were released January 15. A maintenance
release was made available December 6th of the VShell® server, version
3.0.3, to address issues identified in
previous releases.

The 6.0 releases deliver increased productivity with enhanced user tools
and a high level of integration between SecureCRT and SecureFX. SecureCRT
adds the ability to move tabs in and out of a SecureCRT windows, as well
as a new button bar to automate tasks. SecureFX offers mirroring with
delete and an editable address bar, as well as the ability to resolve
symbolic links. A combined installer for both clients is available, and
there is also an installer for U3 smart drives.

All VanDyke Software products may be downloaded and evaluated free for
30 days. Licenses include one year of free upgrades and access to our
expert technical support. Licenses for three years of upgrades and support
are also available.

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